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CAMP LEATHERNECK – Chief Petty Officer
Ronald Reed currently attached to 3rd Marine
Air Wing (Forward), Regional Command
(Southwest), Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan,
was awarded the Fleet Marine Force Enlisted
Warfare Specialist badge July 1.
Third MAW(FWD) is conducting combat
operations in direct support of Regional
Command (Southwest), the newest ISAF
command, in the Helmand and Nimroz
Provinces.
In order to earn the FMF EWS badge,
sailors are required to pass a written,
practical and oral examination covering
Marine weapons breakdown and
familiarization and land navigation, as well as
combat communications, tactics and history.
The FMF EWS designation is most
commonly awarded to the Hospital Corpsman
and Religious Programs Specialist ratings,
although it is also awarded to other sailors
who support Marine Corps commands.
Reed is an activated Navy reservist
currently serving a dual tour in Iraq and
Afghanistan. He is the son of Jim and Bunny
Reed of Ridgecrest and is married to Laurie
Reed, also of Ridgecrest.
Chief Petty Officer Reed earns award
Chief Petty Officer Ronald Reed recives the Fleet Marine
Force Enlisted Warfare Specialist badge.